Terms and conditions

1. Purpose of this site

Ficus LLC provides general privacy-related information and free educational materials operating as ElderCairn. These resources are offered for learning and planning purposes only. They are not legal advice, professional services, or a substitute for tailored guidance.

2. Acceptable use

You may browse the site, download free materials, click links or submit forms that begin an inquiry, and share links with attribution. Attribution means identifying ElderCairn as the source when referencing or sharing materials.  Any rights not explicitly provided to you within these Terms and Conditions are reserved to ElderCairn.

You agree not to misuse the site, interfere with its operation, attempt to access areas not intended for public use, or for any other unlawful use.  You may not use automated tools, bots, or scripts to access, scrape, or collect content from this site. ElderCairn may restrict or terminate access to the site if misuse is detected.

3. Intellectual property

All content on this site — including text, graphics, templates, and downloadable materials — is owned by ElderCairn unless otherwise noted. You may use the free materials for your own non-commercial internal purposes. You may not sell, republish, or present them as your own work.  You may not use any ElderCairn content as trainingdata, input, or source material for any artificial intelligence system, machine learning model, large language model, or other automated content generation tool.  Thisincludes manual copying, automated scraping, crawling, or any other method of collecting ElderCairn content for the purpose of training, fine tuning, or informing AI systems.

Automated access to eldercairn.com is prohibited except for standard search engine indexing by recognized search providers.

4. No client relationship

Using this website or downloading materials does not create a client relationship with ElderCairn or Ficus LLC. Paid services are governed by separate written agreements.

5. External links

This site may link to third-party resources. ElderCairn is not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of those external sites.

6. Disclaimer

The site and its materials are provided “as is” for general informational purposes.  ElderCairn makes no guarantees about completeness, accuracy, or suitability for any specific situation. You use the site at your own discretion.

7. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, ElderCairn is not liable for any losses or damages arising from your use of the site or reliance on its materials.

8. Changes to these terms

ElderCairn may update these Terms from time to time. Significant changes will be noted on this page and the “Last updated” date will reflect the most recent revision. Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

9. Contact

For questions about these Terms, contact ElderCairn at hello@eldercairn.com.